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c. YLEl-'Kowrrz GARBOY Filed March 50. 1923 Aug. 11, 1925,y

' /lvl/f/vro ATTORNEYS' Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

UNITED STATES kPATENT OFFICE.

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Application filed March 30, 1923. Serial No. 628,877.

T0- aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns LErKowrrz, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented a newV and Improved Carboy, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a carboy with an innerskeleton frame which is removable from the body of the carboy. Thismakes it convenient to repair the inner parts which are sometimes brokenduring transportation.

Vhen in use, a large bottle of liquid is disposed in the carboy and thisbottle is held relatively to the body of the carboy by the inner framewhich is of relatively light material and serves as a cushion. As thebottle, when filled with liquid is very heavy, a sudden shock or jar tothe carboy'may possibly break a portion of the inner frame which is oflight material. My inner frame is not only readily removable from thebody of the carboy, but the inner frame is constructed in a manner whichmakes it possible to replace quickly any part which may be broken. Theseparts may be kept on hand, which will permit of the repair of carboyswith little trouble.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the followingtspecication, in which the preferred form of my invention is described.p,

In the drawings similarV reference characters refer to similar parts inall the views,

, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved carboy;

` Figure 2 is a perspective view of the inner frame; y

Figure 3 is 'a vertical sectional view of the false cushioning body 8spaced from the bottom 9 of the carboy by supporting members 10. At thecorners of the body of thecarboy there are corner members 11 which arenormally engaged by the corner members 12 on the inner frame. Thesecorner members 12 not only engage the cornerv members 11 in the body ofthe carboy, but the corner members 12 also preferably engage the sidesof the body of the carboy adjacent its corner members 11. Secured toeach of the corner members 12 there are two pairs of side members 13,one pair of the side members 13 being disposed preferably adjacent thetop'of the corner members 12 and the other pair of the side members 13being preferably disposed adjacent the bottom of the corner members 12.These side members 13 are disposed at the sides of the body 5 of thecarboy when the inner frame, illustrated in Figure 2, is disposed in thebody of the carboy. The side members 13 on each Vcorner post are spacedfrom the side members 13 on adjacent corner posts and disposed in thesespaces there are intermediate side members 14, there being obliquelydisposed laterally supporting members 15 having their ends disposed atthe sides of the intermediate side members 14, the intermediate sidemembers and the ends of the obliquely disposed supporting members 15filling the spaces between the side members 13, as is shown in thedrawings. Retaining members 16 and 17 are provided, the retaining member16 being secured to the under sides of the side members 13 and theintermediate Imembers 14 and the retaining member 17 being secured tothe upper surfaces of the side members 13 and the intermediate sidemembers 14. The arrangement of the side members 13, the intermediateside members 14 and the obliquely disposed laterally supporting members15 is the same at the bottom ofthe inner frame as it is at the vtop ofthe inner frame and in each case the retaining members 16 and 17 serveto hold the side members 13, the intermediate side members 14 and theends of the obliquely disposed laterally supporting members 15 inposition. j

It will be'understood that the bottle comes in contact with theobliquely disposed supporting members 15 andjthat these supportingmembers 15 are of'resilient construction so that they will cushionshocks and jars. These supporting members 15 may possibly -be broken inservice and when this is the case, the inner frame, illustrated inFigure 2 of the drawings, may be removed from the body 5 of the carboyand by removing the upper retaining members 17 the ob- Vliquely disposedsupporting members 15 which have been broken may be removed,

and new supporting members 15 substituted Should a side member 13 or oneor more of the intermediate side members 14 become broken or damaged itmay` be rep-laced in the same way.

It will be understood that with the side members and the intermediateside members 14 secured to the bottom retaining members 16 that recesseswill be formed between the intermediate side members 14 and the sidelmembers 13 in which the ends of the supporting members 15 may beintroduced. It will also be appreciated that in some cases it may beadvisable to introduce new supporting members 15 without removing theupper retaining members 17, this being possible by sliding thesupporting member 15 longitudinally through one recess until its innerend is inserted in the second recess between an intermediate side member14 and one of the side members 13.

W hen the inner skeleton frame, illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings,is introduced into the body 5 of the carboy and a bottle is inserted inthe usual way, a wooden cover 18 of the usual type with an opening 19for the neck 20 of the bottle is disposed in place and is secured to thebody of the carboy, this cover 18 being provided with depending portions21 for engaging the bottle.

That is claimed is:

1. In a carboy, an outer body having sides and corner pieces, an innerfra-me disposed in the outer body and having members disposedsubstantially parallel with the sides of the outer body and cornerpieces disposed `at the first mentioned corner pieces and obliquelydisposed supporting members secured to the said members of the innerframe, the inner fra-me with the obliquely disposedl supporting membersbeing free from the outer body to permit of the convenient removal ofthe inner frame as a unit from the outer body. v

2. In a carboy an outer body having corner pieces with oblique innerfaces and an inner frame free from the outer body, the inner framehaving connecting sides and being removably disposed in the outer p bodyand having vertical corner pieces with oblique outer faces in Contactwith the oblique faces on the vfirst mentioned corner pieces. A

`3. In a carboy 4an outer body having corner4 pieces with oblique innerfaces and an inner frame free from the outer body, the inner framehaving connecting sides and being removably disposed in the outer body,

the inner frame having vertical corner' pieces with'oblique outer facesengaging the said faces on the iirst mentioned corner pieces and alsothe sides of the outer body adjacent the first mentioned corner pieces.

4. In a carboy, corner pieces, eight side members two secured to eachcorner piece,

four intermediate side members each disposed between, in alignment withand spaced from, two of the lirst mentioned side members, four obliquelydisposed supporting members each having each of its ends disposedbetween one of the first mentioned side members and one of theintermediate side members, and retaining members secured to the iirstmentioned side members and the intermediate side members and which serveto carry the supporting members.

5. In a carboy, corner pieces, eight side members two secured to eachcorner piece, four intermediate side members each disposed between, inalignment with and spaced from, two of the first mentioned side members,four obliquely disposed support- 'ing members each having each of itsends vdisposed between one of the first mentioned side members and oneof the intermediate side members, and retaining 'members secured to thetop and bottom of the first mentioned side members and which serve tohold in place the intermediate side members and the supporting members.

6. In a carboy, `corner pieces, two bottle supporting means spaced aparteach consisting of eight side members two secured to each corner piece,four intermediate side members each disposed between, in alignment withand spaced from, two of the first mentioned side members, four obliquelydisposed supporting members each having each of its ends disposedbetween one of the first mentioned side members and one of theintermediate side members, and retaining members secured to the firstmentioned side members and the intermediate side mem- ,'bersand whichserve to carry the supporting y supporting members having its two endsremovably disposed on the said means.

9. A carboy having sides with recesses for receiving the ends of bottlesupporting members and obliquely disposed vbottle supporting membersfree from each other, each having both of its ends disposed in therecesses.

10. In alcarboy an outer body, an inner frame removably disposed in theouter body and vhaving recesses between its corners for receiving theends of 'bottle supporting members and bottle supporting members havingtheir ends disposed in the recesses.

11. In a carboy, an outer body, an inner frame removably disposed in theouter body and having corner pieces, eight side members two secured toeach corner piece, four intermediate side members each disposed between,in alignment with and spaced from, two of the first mentioned sidemembers, foul` obliquely disposed supporting members each having each ofits ends disposed between one of the first mentioned side members andone of the intermediate side members, and retaining members secured tothe first mentioned side members and the intermediate side members andwhich serve to carry the supporting members.

l2. In a carboy an outer body having corner pieces with oblique innerfaces, additional corner pieces with oblique outer faces engaging theoblique faces on the first mentioned corner pieces and side members inclose proximity to the outer body connecting the said additional cornerpieces.

13. In a carboy, an outer body having corner pieces with oblique innerfaces, an inner frame free from the outer body, the inner frame havingconnecting sides and being removably disposed in the outer body, andhaving vertical corner pieces with oblique outer faces in contact withthe inner faces on the first mentioned corner pieces, and obliquelydisposed supporting members held in position by the inner frame.

14. In a carboy, corner pieces, side members having ends connected tothe corner pieces, obliquely dispo-sed supporting members having theirends disposed between the othervends of the side members respectively,and retaining members secured to the side lIncmbers which carry thesupporting memers.

CHARLES LEFKOWITZ.

